Protein
Mitochondrial glycine transporter
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Mitochondrial glycine transporter that imports glycine into the mitochondrial matrix. Plays an important role in providing glycine for the first enzymatic step in heme biosynthesis, the condensation of glycine with succinyl-CoA to produce 5-aminolevulinate (ALA) in the mitochondrial matrix.
Similarity
Belongs to the mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family. SLC25A38 subfamily.
Sequence
MTEQATKPRNSSHLIGGFFGGLTSAVALQPLDLLKTRIQQDKKATLWKNLKEIDSPLQLWRGTLPSALRTSIGSALYLSCLNLMRSSLAKRRNAVPSLTNDSNIVYNKSSSLPRLTMYENLLTGAFARGLVGYITMPITVIKVRYESTLYNYSSLKEAITHIYTKEGLFGFFRGFGATCLRDAPYAGLYVLLYEKSKQLLPMVLPSRFIHYNPEGGFTTYTSTTVNTTSAVLSASLATTVTAPFDTIKTRMQLEPSKFTNSFNTFTSIVKNENVLKLFSGLSMRLARKAFSAGIAWGIYEELVKRFM